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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,982 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:25 PM Monday

Armageddon in Iran: The White Christian Nationalist Plan to End the World Andra Watkins & Sam Osterhout

Last week, news broke that complaints were flooding in from enlisted soldiers that their commanders were telling them the war in Iran was secretly a way to trigger Armageddon.

Of course, to white Christian nationalists, this isn’t just a good thing — it’s something they’ve been prophesying and looking forward to for decades (and, honestly, much much longer than that). People like Israel Ambassador Mike Huckabee believe that a checklist exists that he and others like him can use to bring about the rapture, and wreaking havoc in Iran helps them tick off the boxes.

It doesn’t matter that they’re causing the destruction that leads to the end of times. They are in service to God and J.C., apparently.

So what happens when the end of times doesn’t come? More wars, perhaps. More violence. More danger. More pestilence. If you want to know why our government is turning its back on the safety and welfare of the American people — and of people across the planet — Sam and Andra Watkins might just have

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Armageddon in Iran: The White Christian Nationalist Plan to End the World Andra Watkins & Sam Osterhout (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
Maybe Traildogbob Monday #1
I tried listening to this Ferryboat Monday #2
Never mind! RussBLib Monday #3

Traildogbob

(12,953 posts)
1. Maybe
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:40 PM
Monday

Musk should charge these wealthy God people 100 million each and shoot them into Heaven on his space penis. Why wait? God will roll out the MAGA red carpet for each one.

Ferryboat

(1,261 posts)
2. I tried listening to this
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:16 PM
Monday

Gave up after an hour. Barely touched on the subject. Hosts spent most of the time riffing on BS.

RussBLib

(10,572 posts)
3. Never mind!
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:34 PM
Monday

War is almost over. So, no Armageddon? No second coming? No tracking down the enriched uranium?

Ok, who just got rich??

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